Petticoat and pantalet combination



FLTTICOAT AND FAN'ALETTE COMBINATION Filed July 25, 1922 `2 sneaks-sheet 1 jan. 22 1924.

A. l.. VILANDRER PETTICOAT AND PANTALETTE COMBINATION 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 25, 1922 HVVENTE.

Patent dan. 22, i90

PETTICOT "EN F t 91 ANNA. L. VILANDREE, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

PALET QOMBINATIORT.

' Application filed July 25, 1922. Seria1-No. 577,404.

To all whom z't may concern.' s

Be it vknown that I, ANNA Lomsn VILANDRER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Petticoat and Pantalet Combination, of which the following is a specification.

This invention. relates to improvements in wearing apparel and has for its object to rovide a combination skirt or petticoat an v drawers for women.

Another lobject of the invention is to provide a petticoat' so formed as to function as two separate and distinct garments.

A still further object of the invention is to rovide a petticoat with a panel exten ing substantiallyv half way up its back and front center and then transversely across the garment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a petticoat with means whereby it cannot be inverted either b a gust of wind or through centrifugal orce caused by dancing around'of the wearer.

With the above and such other objects in view as-may hereinafter more fully appear, l have invented the garment illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

, which-w vas Figure l is 'an elevational View of my gartuent;A` Y s Figure 2 -is ia 'sectional view taken on line 2 2 thereof, Figure 3 1s a transverse sectional View taken on line 3--3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Figure 2, showing a modification of the invention; and

Figure 5 is` a similar view, a panel being unfastened. at one end and dropped down.

Like reference charadters indicate like parts throughout the following specification and in the several views in the drawings, in which 1 is. a 'petticoat or underslrirt,

having a facing 2, extending entirely around' its bottom edge on the inside thereof, the said facing at its central front and` rear portions having extensions 3 and 4 which project substantially half-way up the garment to about the oint 5, to which point the lower ed erof t e corsets of the wearer extends. T ese extensions form panels which are stitched to the body 6 of the'garment, the double thiclmess of the "niaterial acting to eectually prevent the passage of light through the garment so as to outline the le of the wearer. The upper edges ofsai panels l and 6 terminate in a transverse loose panel section 7 extending across the substantially center portion of the garment, said panel 7 being adapted to project between the legs of the wearer, whereby the garment is formed into a combination skirt and drawers. The panel 7 ma be of a length equal to the full width o the skirt at the point of the skirt to which the panel is attached in order that. the skirt will not be drawn together at any pointby the panel, or it may be shorter if desired.

In Figures 4 and 5, l show a slight modiication of the garment in which the transverse panel 7a is not formed integral withv the panel 3a, however its ends 8 and ll are secured to the upper ends 9 and 12 of the panels 3 and 4 by means of buttons 10 and 13, hooks and eyes, clasps or other suitable means, in order 'that instead of having to put the garment on as a pair of drawers, it may beslipped over the head of the wearer as is a the transverse panel a may be buttoned in place.l This form of the invention also `maires it more convenient garment for other reasons. For instan, should. the panel 7al become soiled before the skirt of the garment is soiled, it ma be removed and a clean panel substituted7 in place thereof, thus sav -ing considerable unnecessary laundering.

n this form of the invention the ypanelsl s4 and 3a extend further up the front and back ofthe garment than in the first described form and has additional rows oi buttons, hooks or clasps 14- and 15, in order that during the menstrual period, the panel 7a may be fastened higher so as to fit close to the body of the wearer, said panel in this case, forming a support to whic a catamenial sack may be pinned or otherwise securedv Besides being av two-in-one garment, as above explained., this garment has a decided. advantage in its transverse panel 7 in that in the use of this panel the petticoat cannot be inverted through a sudden gust etticoat, after which of wind, a stron draft orthrough centrif- -centrifu al force.` 'This garment, however,

will positively prevent this to the great comfort of its wearer as the petticoat may be made full enough to be very cornfortab e in walking and dancing and yet, because of the transverse panel 7, it cannot balloon to an unseemly extent. Furthermore, the garment has another very material advantage over other combination garments in that because of the location of thepanel 7, the edges and lower portion of the skirt are free, both adding to the appearance and comfort of.' the wearer, whereas, in garments such as teddies the lower edge of the gar-l ment is connected between the legs of the wearer, transforming the lower skirt portion of the garment substantially into drawer legs, which makes the garment uncomelyI or immodest in 'appearance if worn with a light weight dress through which itmay be seen andalso adds greatly to the discom ort of the wearer because she does not have the same free use of her /legs as she will have in wearing a garment of the character above described. l

Having described my invention that which I claim to be new and desire to procure by Letters Patent is 1. A skirt havinga continuous side wall formedy of a single thickness of material having" an independent front centrally located shadow panel extending from the lower edge of said skirt to a, point just below the abdominal portion of the skirt whereby only one thickness of material of the garment will cover the abdomen of the wearer, and a panel of like formation and extent on the backof said skirt opposite said first panel. L,

2. A petticoatl having a transverse panel extending there-across, said panel being located substantially midway between the upper and lower edges of said petticoat, substantially vertical panels extending from said panel to the lower edge of said garment, said panels aligning in the central front and back portions of said garment, A

said panels terminating at their lower edges in faCingS, said panels being narrow relative to sald Petticoat, said facings extending meneer ing detachable at'both ends from said petticoat, said panels being adjustable vertically on said petticoat.

3. In a petticoat a facin and. relatively narrow opposingly dispose panels projecting upwardly, from said facing, a transverse panel connecting the ends of said first panels, said` panel being detachable, yand ad-v justable.

4. A garment consisting of a skirt having a transverse panel connected theretoabove its lower edge, said panel being vertically adjustable on said skirt.

5. A garment consisting of a skirt having a transverse panel connected thereto above its lower edge, said panel being vertically adjustable on said skirt, vertical panels stitched to said skirt to which said transversey panel is connected.

6. In Laffpetticoat having a facing, a pair of oppositely disposed shadow panels projectin upwardly from the upper edge of ysaid acing, said panels being relatively narrow, a transverse panel connecting the upper terminals of said first panels, said last panel being relatively narrow, and substantially the width of said first panels, said last panel being vertically adjustable relative to` Said skirt.

7. A skirt having a continuous side wall formed of a single thickness of material 'having an independent front centrally lo.

cated shadowpanel extending from the lower edge of said skirt toa point just below the abdominal portion of the skirt whereby only one thickness of material ofthe garment will cover the abdomen of the wearer, a panel of like formation and extent on the back of saidskirt opposite Said first panel and a transverse panel directly connecting the upper portions of said first panels.

In testimony whereof Iv aflix my signature in the presence of two witnees.

ANNA L. 2li ANDRER.

Witnesses:

E. S. SMITH, ALEX. J. WEDDEBURN, Jr. 

